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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: Post Office <posto4928@gmail.com>
Reply-To: shedracktony@post.com
Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2022 10:44:52 +0300
Subject: ATTENTION PLEASE!

I'm Mr. Shedrack Tony, the newly appointed Postman of the Regular Mail
Post Office branch at Nairobi Kenya. I assumed this office on 3rd,
January, 2022.
On going through the files of the previous records of this office, I
discovered that there are six parcels containing ATM cards each one
attached with an email address of the owner on it.

The ATM card was deposited by one Senior Evangelist Mathew Peterson
who died one year back as a charity foundation parcel valued at a sum
of $10.5 million. Below information is officially needed for posting
of the ATM CARD ASAP.

Full name:
Full mailing info:
Your cell phone line:
Country:
Nearest Airport:

Remain blessed as I'll be looking forward to receiving your immediate response.

Regards,
Mr.Shedrack Tony
phone: +254 714-430-582
Email: shedracktony@post.com

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